LABO'RIOUS, a. [L. laboriosus.] 1. Using exertion; employing labor; diligent in work or service; assiduous; used of persons; as a laborious husbandman or mechanic; a laborious minister or pastor.2. Requiring labor; toilsome; tiresome; not easy; as laborious duties or services.3. Requiring labor, exertion, perseverance or sacrifices.Dost thou love watchings, abstinence or toil, laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
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